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Welcome to Downtown Cupola Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/13/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The Cupola Caches were placed to help make people aware of a part of Lapeer’s past. There are six cupola caches located thru out the Lapeer downtown area. You will need to visit all six of the locations to find the final. The final is located on part of the property of the original site for The State Home for the Feeble Mined and Epileptic.

Lapeer was once the home of the first institution for the disabled in Michigan. The center was originally named The State Home for the Feeble Mined and Epileptic. In 1937 their named changed to The Lapeer State Home and Training School. Their named changed again in 1972 to Oakdale Center for Developmental Disabilities. Construction started in April of 1894. The first patients were admitted on August 20, 1895. The State home was fully self sufficient. They provided their own food, had a dairy farm and even did their own laundry. There were covered corridors to move patients from one building to the next. They were actually listed in Ripley's Believe It Or Not for having the largest covered passage ways in the world. This institution was once among the worlds largest. They had over 2,000 acres, 58 buildings, and a population that peaked at 4,600 plus. They were the largest employer in Lapeer County. In September of 1991 the last three residents left Oakdale. There is very little of Oakdale left today. When the buildings were torn down the cupolas were saved and added to key locations in downtown Lapeer areas. This is just one of six of those locations.



This is part of a puzzle cache.

Each cache will have a code on the inside cover. If you find them all, you will have the information to find the final cache (What did I learn).

 Use this outline: N 43 02.ABC W 083 20.DEF


A = _, B = _, C =_ and  D = _, E = _, F = _

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ab arrq gb pyvzo va gur Sybjre orqf gb svaq guvf pnpur.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)